Ubuntu Vibes

New Fix Improves Gaming Performance in Ubuntu 12.04

Tuesday, September 04, 2012 | No comments |

Unity3D in Ubuntu 12.04 has a regression that leads to slower frame rates in many 3D Linux games. This happens under Unity3D only and other sessions like Unity2D and Classic Gnome are unaffected.

12.04, Games, Ubuntu, Unity

Maia, A Dungeon Keeper Inspired 3D Game Coming to Linux

Tuesday, September 04, 2012 | No comments |

Maia is a procedural, Dungeon Keeper inspired 3D space management game being developed by indie game developer Simon Roth.

3D Games, Games, Maia, RPG, Strategy

Install 'Nemo' in Ubuntu 12.04, A Nautilus 3.4 Fork by Linux Mint

Tuesday, September 04, 2012 | No comments |

Clement Lefebvre, lead developer and founder of Cinnamon and Linux Mint, recently blogged about Nemo, a new file manager based on Nautilus 3.4.

Cinnamon, File Managers, Linux Mint, Nautilus, Nemo

Valve Jumping into Hardware Business

Tuesday, September 04, 2012 | No comments |

Valve is making lots of buzz lately. It launched a public blog, announced Steam for Linux and Steam Big Picture Mode, applied patent for a game controller that can use keyboard and mouse as interchangeable parts and of course Gabe Newell publicly slammed Windows 8.

Hardware, Steam, Valve

Upcoming 'Incredipede' Linux Game Looks Quite Incredible

Tuesday, September 04, 2012 | No comments |

Incredipede is a puzzle game being made by a small team headed by Colin Northway, author of Fantastic Contraption.

Games, Incredipede, Puzzle Games

A Graphical Frontend for Configuring GRUB2 May Land in Ubuntu

Monday, September 03, 2012 | No comments |

Matthew Paul Thomas from Canonical design team is working on a new GUI that will make it easier to configure GRUB2.

GRUB2, Ubuntu

First Wasteland 2 Tech Demo Video

Monday, September 03, 2012 | No comments |

Brian Fargo recently revealed first video of Wasteland 2 at Unite 2012. Wasteland 2 a sequel to classic post-apocalyptic role playing game 'Wasteland'. The project manged to raise nearly $3 million on Kickstarter few months back.

3D Games, Games, Post Apocalyptic, RPG, Wasteland, Wasteland 2

Ubuntu 12.10 'Gnome Edition' Alpha Images Available for Download

Monday, September 03, 2012 | No comments |

Ubuntu GNOME Remix is a new official Ubuntu flavor that aims to bring a pure upstream GNOME desktop experience built from the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories.